Sudan
Sudan ranks 5,189th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pontefract, Náchod, and Apartadó. Memorable people born in Sudan include Tayeb Salih, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, and Abdalelah Haroun. Sudan has been the birth place of many writers and politicians. Sudan is located in Sudan.
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Egypt to the north, Eritrea to the northeast, Ethiopia to the southeast, Libya to the northwest, South Sudan to the south, and the Red Sea. It has a population of 45.7 million people as of 2022 and occupies 1,886,068 square kilometres, making it Africa's third-largest country by area and the third-largest by area in the Arab League. It was the largest country by area in Africa and the Arab League until the secession of South Sudan in 2011; since then both titles have been held by Algeria. Its capital and most populous city is Khartoum. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1929 and 1997, Sudan was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Tayeb Salih, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, and Abdalelah Haroun.
People Born in Sudan
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Tayeb Salih
1929 - 2009
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 1
Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 2
Abdalelah Haroun
1997 - 2021
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Sudan were writers (1), politicians (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Sudan since 1700.
